[Koha-devel] Holds Queue vs Holds to Pull

[Katrin Fischer]

Thx Phil, great explanation!

On 04.03.20 00:32, Phil Ringnalda wrote:
> For a single-branch system, they should be the same.
>
> For a multi-branch system, Holds Queue first looks for an item already
> at the pickup branch and puts the hold in that branch's queue
> (possibly even jumping priority order if LocalHoldsPriority), or if
> there isn't one already at the pickup branch depending on prefs it
> either looks for the cheapest available item according to the
> Transport Cost Matrix if UseTransportCostMatrix, or chooses the first
> branch listed in StaticHoldsQueueWeight with an available item if
> StaticHoldsQueueWeight and not RandomizeHoldsQueueWeight, or chooses a
> random branch from those listed in StaticHoldsQueueWeight with an
> available item if StaticHoldsQueueWeight and
> RandomizeHoldsQueueWeight, or chooses a random branch from all
> branches with an available item if not StaticHoldsQueueWeight and
> RandomizeHoldsQueueWeight, or if you mess your prefs up badly enough
> with not StaticHoldsQueueWeight and not RandomizeHoldsQueueWeight,
> chooses the alphabetically-first branch with an available item, thus
> piling all the load on poor Aaron Aardvark Library, in each case
> possibly checking whether that branch is open or closed that day if
> HoldsQueueSkipClosed, and puts the hold in whatever branch's queue
> falls out of that.
>
> Phil Ringnalda
> Chetco Community Public Library
>
> On 3/2/2020 3:44 PM, dcook at prosentient.com.au wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> What is the purpose of the “Holds Queue” page?
>>
>> As far as I can tell, it duplicates “Holds to Pull” but requires a
>> separate cronjob and extra database tables and so on.
>>
>> David Cook
>>
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